Title: Muppet Treasure Island the Sequal: A Father Found
Author: Ravenclawer
Summary: Based on the movie Muppet Treasure Island! This is my sequel to the movie. As Jim and his friends return to England, they find themselves engaging another adventure. Meanwhile, Long John Silver seeks refuge in Treasure Island until a ship comes by, and he finds himself rescued by soldiers of England. Jim also discovers that his supposedly dead father is alive…
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in Muppet Treasure Island. They all belong to the Jim Henson Company, Disney, and Robert Louis Stevenson (the original author of the book Treasure Island.
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Note: For those who've never seen the movie, the following list is to give you an introduction to the main characters and an idea of what each character looks like.
~~~Jim Hawkins: the main protagonist to the story. Played by Kevin Bishop.
~~~Gonzo: One of Jim's best friends. The famous muppet The Great Gonzo plays himself.
~~~Rizzo: Jim's other best friend. Rizzo the Rat (a muppet) plays himself.
~~~Captain Smollet: The Captain (duh!) lol. He is played by Kermit the Frog.
~~~Mr. Errol: The first mate. He is played by the muppet Sam the Eagle.
~~~Benjamina Gunn: the old girlfriend of Captain Smollet (Kermit). She becomes reunited with him on the island, and is played by Miss Piggy.
~~~Long John Silver: the pirate that Jim befriends at the start of the voyage (when he didn't know he was a pirate). Long John is a one-legged man. He's played by (the human) Tim Curry.
~~~Billy Bones: The pirate who gave Jim the treasure map in the first mate. He doesn't appear in this fic, though. (He died in the movie, shortly after giving away the map). Billy Connolly, an actor, played Billy Bones.
A/N: That's all! Now on to the story…
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Chapter One: Thoughts
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The morning rays lit across the clear blue sky as the magnificent ship sailed towards port.
"Land Ho!"
The cry sounded unanimously around the docks, the crew, and even some of the passer-bys hanging around the busy streets as they were caught up in the excitement.
14-year old Jim Hawkins stood at the stern of the boat, his eyes wide with excitement as he surveyed the crowds gathering about to welcome them back on land after their long voyage. //And an adventure it was//, he thought.
Not only had they encountered a tribe of native wild boars, pirates, and a cutthroat mutinous crew, they had also found treasure with the help of a treasure map given to Jim by Billy Bones, a first mate of the long-deceased pirate Captain Flint.
It had certainly been a tiring but exciting adventure, although Jim would constantly find himself thinking of Long John Silver, and the pain of the thought of his betrayal that often came along with it.
They had immediately become friends at the start of the voyage. Long John, with his humorous laugh, had showed Jim everything about the sea, including courageous tales of sea battles and the ways to navigate in the open ocean. He had been like the father that Jim never had, the father who had died at sea when Jim was only seven. That death had led to Jim taking quarters and becoming a tavern slave (along with Gonzo and Rizzo) in the inn run by Mrs. Bluberidge, until the fateful day when Billy Bones had given him the treasure map which brought him here.
However, just before the ship had reached the island, Long John had unknowingly revealed his plans for mutiny to Jim, Gonzo, and Rizzo. Shocked and hurt at the betrayal, they had revealed Long John's plan to the Captain just before Jim was kidnapped and taken captive by the crew and Long John himself. Luckily, at the island Jim had escaped with the insistence of Long John- ironically- when the crew turned against him. It wasn't long before Long John soon turned the crew back with him, though, and together the pirates had found the treasure. At the end a huge fight had ensued between the pirates and Jim, Gonzo, Rizzo, the captain, and the other officers on board. They had won.
Jim sighed. Then had come day that Long John Silver escaped. He could still remember Long John holding a gun up to him, as he was about to blow the whistle signaling Long John's escape.
------~Flashback~------
Jim heard the thud of one of the lifeboats as it hit the waters. Cautiously, he got up to investigate… and was shocked to see the pirate Long John Silver in the boat.
"Silver!" he gasped.
"I suppose you'll be blowing the whistle on me now, won't you, Jim?"
"I suppose I will," he answered. "You're to return to Bristol to stand trial".
The man before him immediately had a pistol aimed at him.
"Oh I'm sorry, lad," said Long John, "But I got a terrible fear of hanging".
Undeterred, Jim slowly held the whistle up to his lips. Long John's eyes flashed; he stood up instantly and cocked back the flint.
"We're shipmates, Jim. Gentlemen of fortune together, remember?" He pleaded one last time. "Give us one more chance?"
A moment passed, neither relenting: Jim with his whistle in his mouth, ready to blow the warning, and the man he had once considered as a friend and semi-father standing before him holding the gun. One click would mean the end of his life.
Suddenly Long John drew back.
"Hell, Jim, but I could never harm you. You're honest, brave, and free. You didn't learn that from me, did you?" He had tears in his eyes. Jim's voice cracked in the middle of his sentence. "I learned it from my friends, Mr. Silver." He took a deep breath. "Now take your oars and row away. I never want to see you again, ever". The pirate nodded, as if resigned to his fate. He sat down and began rowing. But then Long John unexpectedly and abruptly stopped, and drew something out of his shirt pocket.
"Wait, Jim, you forgot this!" he shouted. He threw the thing forward.
Jim caught the thing, and looked down to see the object.
It was his father's old compass.
------~End Flashback~------
"Thinking about pirates again, Jim?" asked the frog Captain Smollet.
Jim looked up, startled. "Captain, I didn't know you were here!" Then he nodded guiltily.
The Captain sighed. "Jim, I know this bothers you, finding out that one of your best friends was a pirate as I found out that after I abandoned Benjamina at the altar she took up with this burly Captain Flint and he marooned her until I finally saved her-" (At this point the frog Captain took a deep breath and coughed, ashamed of his long sentence. A blush was forming over his cheeks).
"Ahem. Anyways, on to what I meant to say: I said it before, and now I say it again. You did the right thing. Your father would be proud." The frog gave him a supportive smile.
Reassured, Jim decided that he would do his best to try to forget the betrayal of the pirate and move on…
"To our next voyage, wherever the wind may take us!"
The cry had suddenly erupted near the helm of the ship, and Jim turned to see that it was his friend Gonzo. His first reaction was to say, //Gonzo, what are you doing? //, But another friend, Rizzo the rat, beat him to it.
"Gonzo, what are you doing!"
" But I was just announcing the plans for our next voyage, Rizzo! Haha!haha!"
Rizzo the rat sighed shook his head. "Ohhhhh, why do I even bother? Here we go again!" Gonzo merely replied by laughing.
"Ohhh!" said Squire Trelawney. "Did you mean us sailing on the big blue wet thing...?"
This only caused Gonzo to laugh harder.
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TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: Well, how did you think it was? Jim's father will be revealed in the last chapter. Meanwhile, the next chapter will feature Long John and his island. ;)
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